Will the Senate pass a reconciliation bill by 2026?

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The Senate still has not passed the narrow reconciliation package that Republicans set up to fund immigration enforcement and DHS-related spending. The relevant budget resolution was adopted in both chambers in late April, and the process moved to committee drafting with a 15 May deadline; the latest CBO score covered the anticipated Senate bill and assumed enactment in late spring, but that score is not the same as final passage. With the settlement window ending on 31 May, the market is effectively asking whether the Senate can clear final legislation in a matter of days, which is why the current 0% implied probability reflects the gap between procedural groundwork and an actual floor vote.

Comparable reconciliation episodes suggest the key risk is not policy substance but timing and inter-chamber alignment. Once both chambers adopted identical budget resolutions, the bill became eligible for reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered and would pass the Senate by simple majority if brought to the floor. But the House and Senate committee products still have to be assembled into one text, and any material changes would force another round of approval. Recent reporting and official materials indicate leadership had been targeting final legislation by around 1 June, while CBO’s May estimate assumed late-spring enactment. For crypto traders, any surprise breakthrough would be a headline-driven risk event rather than a macro regime change, with settlement in USDC on-chain but sentiment likely to spill into BTC and ETH if the vote lands alongside broader Washington headlines.

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